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India’s booming middle class is putting its super-rich to shame. On a visit to
Delhi this week, two of the world’s biggest philanthropists, Bill Gates and
Warren Buffett, have been urging the country’s billionaires to give more to
charity.

But while figures show that the country’s mega-wealthy tend to be less than
generous, a different story is emerging among the rest of those sharing in
India’s rising prosperity. Aid organisations such as Save the Children
report a startling rise in middle-class households making donations. In less
than three years the number of donors to the charity has grown from 2,000